Senior Advisor to the President of the United States

Senior Advisor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the president of the United States. White House senior advisors are senior members of the White House Office. The title has been formally used since 1993.

Senior Advisor
Executive Office of the President
WebsiteThe White House

Responsibilities

Over time, the senior advisor role has had responsibility for the following groups:

Prior administrations

In prior administrations before 1993, the position of "senior advisor" was a title used for various other purposes. Numerous examples of the position also exist throughout the Executive Departments and in the branch's independent agencies. For example, the Food and Drug Administration includes a position with the title Senior Advisor for Science; the Department of the Interior has a position with the title Senior Advisor for Alaskan Affairs.

List of senior advisors to the president

Senior Advisor Portfolio Term of office Party President
Rahm Emanuel
(born 1959)
Political Affairs
Strategic Planning
Policy
January 20, 1993 – November 7, 1998[1] Democratic Bill Clinton
George Stephanopoulos
(born 1961)
Strategic Planning
Policy
June 7, 1993 – December 10, 1996[2] Democratic
Sidney Blumenthal
(born 1948)
Political Affairs
Communications
Policy
August 19, 1997 – January 20, 2001[3] Democratic
Doug Sosnik
(born 1959)
Political Affairs
Strategic Planning
Policy
November 7, 1998 – January 20, 2001[4] Democratic
Joel Johnson
(born 1961)
Communications
Policy
May 20, 1999 – January 20, 2001[5] Democratic
Karl Rove
(born 1950)
Political Affairs
Strategic Planning
Communications
January 20, 2001 – August 31, 2007[6] Republican George W. Bush
Barry Steven Jackson
(born 1960)
Political Affairs
Strategic Planning
Communications
September 1, 2007 – January 20, 2009[7] Republican
Valerie Jarrett
(born 1956)
Public Engagement
Intergovernmental Affairs
January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017[8] Democratic Barack Obama
Pete Rouse
(born 1946)
Strategic Planning January 20, 2009 – October 1, 2010[9] Democratic
David Axelrod
(born 1955)
Political Affairs
Communications
January 20, 2009 – January 10, 2011[10] Democratic
David Plouffe
(born 1967)
Political Affairs
Communications
January 10, 2011 – January 25, 2013[11] Democratic
Daniel Pfeiffer
(born 1975)
Political Affairs
Communications
January 25, 2013 – March 6, 2015[12] Democratic
Brian Deese
(born 1978)
Climate and Energy[13] February 13, 2015 – January 20, 2017[14] Democratic
Shailagh Murray
(born 1965)
Communications April 3, 2015 – January 20, 2017[15] Democratic
Jared Kushner
(born 1981)
Strategic Planning[16][17] January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021[18][19] Republican[20] Donald Trump
Stephen Miller
(born 1985)
Policy January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021[21] Republican
Kevin Hassett
(born 1962)
Economic Issues April 15, 2020 – July 1, 2020[22] Republican
Mike Donilon January 20, 2021 – present Democratic Joe Biden
Cedric Richmond
(born 1973)
Public Engagement January 20, 2021 – present Democratic
Anita Dunn
(born 1958)
January 20, 2021 – present Democratic

List of advisors to the president

Advisor Portfolio Term of office Party President
Stephanie Cutter[n 1]
(born 1968)
Message and Communications January 2011 – September 2011[23] Democratic Barack Obama
Ivanka Trump [n 2]
(born 1981)
Women's Issues
Workforce Development
Entrepreneurship
March 29, 2017 – January 20, 2021[27][28][29] Republican[20] Donald Trump

See also

Footnotes

  1. Stephanie Cutter held the official title of "Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior Advisor" during her time in office.
  2. President Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump is sometimes called a 'Senior Advisor to the President' (or sometimes a 'senior advisor to the President', without the upper case 'S' and 'A') by unofficial sources,[24][25] even though that is actually the title of her husband Jared Kushner, while her own title is 'Advisor to the President'.[26]

References

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  3. Matthews, Dylan (June 16, 2015). "Why Donald Trump brought up Sidney Blumenthal at the second debate". Vox. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019.
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  5. "Joel Johnson - Glover Park Group".
  6. Rove, Karl. "Bio".
  7. "Barry S. Jackson - American Australian Council".
  8. "Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett". December 24, 2014.
  9. Shear, Michael D.; Zeleny, Jeff (October 1, 2010). "Emanuel's Departure Set; Replacement Is Longtime Aide". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 17, 2019.
  10. Axelrod, David (February 10, 2015). "David Axelrod Recounts His Years As Obama's Adviser And 'Believer'". NPR. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017.
  11. "David Plouffe". August 17, 2011.
  12. Tau, Byron (December 10, 2015). "Former White House Adviser Dan Pfeiffer Joins GoFundMe". The Wall Street Journal blogs.
  13. Eilperin, Juliet (January 21, 2015). "Obama taps senior OMB aide Deese to succeed Podesta in environmental post". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  14. "Brian Deese". November 16, 2011.
  15. "Senior Advisor Shailagh Murray". January 29, 2016.
  16. Trump, Donald J. (March 27, 2017). "Presidential Memorandum on The White House Office of American Innovation" (Press release). The White House. The Senior Advisor to the President.
  17. "Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, #29". The White House. March 27, 2017 via whitehouse.gov. The effort will be led by Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner.
  18. Wagner, John; Parker, Ashley (January 9, 2017). "Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to join White House as senior adviser; no formal role for Ivanka Trump". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017.
  19. Berg, Rebecca (May 31, 2016). "Jared Kushner, Trump's Unlikely Wing Man". RealClearPolitics. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  20. Ockerman, Emma (April 12, 2019). "Jared Kushner wasn't a Republican until 2018". Vice News. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019.
  21. Nussbaum, Matthew (December 13, 2016). "Trump taps campaign aide Stephen Miller as senior adviser". Politico. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019.
  22. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Addition to White House Staff". The White House via whitehouse.gov.
  23. "Stephanie Cutter - Former Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior Advisor".
  24. Laura Beck (September 14, 2017). "Ivanka Trump, Senior Advisor to the President, Says It's "Unrealistic" to Expect Her to Influence Him". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved May 4, 2019. Ivanka Trump, senior advisor to the president, said that it's "unrealistic" to expect her to influence his decisions. That's not her job, OK?! (Even though it sort of is, actually?)
  25. Catherine Lucey (February 26, 2018). "Ivanka Trump's dual roles as senior adviser, first daughter". AP news. Retrieved May 4, 2019. Ivanka Trump expects to be treated seriously as a senior White House adviser. ... “You’re either a senior adviser or a daughter. ..." ... "Especially since she was last in the news as a senior adviser going to the Olympics.” ... “she did choose to play this senior advisory role.”)
  26. "Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders". The White House. December 18, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2019. MS. SANDERS: ... the World Economic Forum ... delegation ... will also include ..., Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner, ...
  27. "Executive Office Of The President Annual Report To Congress On White House Office Personnel White House Office As Of: Friday, June 30, 2017" (PDF). The White House. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017 via whitehouse.gov.
  28. Merica, Dan; Borger, Gloria; Acosta, Jim; Klein, Betsy (March 30, 2017). "Ivanka Trump is making her White House job official". CNN. Archived from the original on March 8, 2019.
  29. Lucey, Catherine (February 26, 2018). "Ivanka Trump's dual roles as senior adviser, first daughter". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 14, 2018.
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